Suntec CEO Leads Team in Youth Olympic Games
Torchbearer Relay

Suntec Singapore’s Chief Executive Officer
Pieter Idenburg will lead his team in the first-ever Youth Olympic
Games Torchbearer Relay as Singapore gears up for the inaugural
games and the flame reaches its final lap. Mr. Idenburg will lead
three other Suntec Singapore staff in the torch relay along
Temasek Avenue towards Raffles Boulevard on 13 August 2010 at
5.30pm on the sixth and final day of the run.

Singapore will be hosting the inaugural Youth
Olympic Games from 14 – 26 August 2010. Approximately 5,000
athletes and team officials from over 200 countries will unite and
compete in 26 sports as well as participate in the Culture and
Education Programme. Targeted at youths between the ages of 14 and
18, the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games aims to aspire youths
around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values
of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. The aim is to create a
lasting sports, culture and education legacy for Singapore and
youths from around the world, as well as enhance and elevate the
sporting culture locally and regionally.

Suntec Singapore, the Official Convention Centre
Partner for the games and the largest sporting venue for Boxing,
Fencing, Handball, Judo, Taekwondo and Wrestling, has also been designated
as one of the official caterers that will serve over 100,000 meals
to more than 10 venues for the athletes, team officials and
taskforce members. It is also the only venue that will accommodate
the most number of sports competitions under one roof. In
addition, the Culture and Education Programme (CEP) such as the
Arts and Culture and Discovery Activity, which will include an
Olympic Gallery, interactive exhibits on healthy living,
demonstrations of selected Youth Olympic Games sports, will also
be held at Suntec Singapore. These CEP activities, located at
Suntec Singapore Level 3 concourse will be open to members of the
public.

“I am very honoured and proud to lead our Suntec
Singapore team to participate in such an important and symbolic
global sporting event. Bearing the Olympic torch and hosting the
event in our centre is a historic moment for our team as we share
many common ideals with the Olympic movement. It is not all about
conventions and exhibitions, but also the friendships and
partnerships forged through the networking events that create a
lasting impact for our visitors,” Mr. Idenburg said.

The team at Suntec Singapore will also be
represented by Jay Singson from the Marketing and Communications
division, Jasmine Tan and Sam Lay from the Sales and Client
Services division.

A total of
2,400 people will be taking part in the torchbearers of the
Singapore leg of the Youth Olympic Games torch relay. According to the Singapore Youth Olympic Games
Organising Committee, the participants were chosen after a
three-month search.

The Youth Olympic Flame was lit in ancient
Olympia, Greece on 23 July 2010 and left Athens to begin its
global journey. It has already travelled to five cities in five
continents, namely Europe (Berlin, Germany), Africa (Dakar,
Senegal), the Americas (Mexico City, Mexico), Oceania (Auckland,
New Zealand) and Asia (Seoul, Korea) before the Flame is lit at
the Singapore 2010 Opening Ceremony at The Float@Marina Bay and
the curtain rises to mark the start of the Singapore 2010 Youth
Olympic Games on 14 August 2010.